48h Alcohol Ban to go into Force at Midnight Tonight.

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48h Alcohol Ban to go into Force at Midnight Tonight.

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Supermarkets, shops and corner stores have shelved up and are ready for today’s rush to buy wine, beer and spirits in advance of a two-day prohibition that starts at midnight tonight.

Police officers and city officials have been doing the rounds and reminding alcohol retailers of the ban.

Ex-pats, tourists and locals are stocking up and ready to settle down for a quiet few days holiday as bars all over town will be either closing down or serving only soft drinks.

No booze can be legally bought or sold for 48-hours from midnight tonight.

Penalties for those caught can range from 10,000 baht fines, six months imprisonment or closure of business.

Bars will be open as usual until the stroke of midnight tonight when the shutters will be brought down. At midnight on Wednesday many will re-open.
All banks, government offices and many businesses will be closed. Most currency exchange booths are expected to remain open, as are the ATM facilities.

The reason for ban is the two Buddhist holidays this week of Asarnha Bucha (Tues) and Khao Pansaa (Wed).

Asarnha Bucha Day is one of the four most important holy days in the Thai Buddhist calendar. The event commemorates the historic Buddha’s first public sermon some 2,500 years ago and is considered to be the birthday of Buddhism.

Khao Pansaa, or Buddhist Lent Day, is the first day of the monks ‘rain retreat’ meaning they confine themselves to the temples in order to avoid walking on the crops during the rainy season. Candles are lit and parades are held...
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UPDATE: 30h Booze Ban in Thailand nationwide from 6pm Saturday August 6. Due to the referendum held on August 7, the sale of all alcohol will be forbidden from 6pm Saturday until midnight Sunday.
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skru those fascisti xenophobes
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frank lee bent wrote:skru those fascisti xenophobes
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Another alcohol ban in Phuket,Thailand. The ban on alcohol sales extends from 6pm Saturday (Mar 24) until midnight at the close of Sunday (Mar 25).

Alcohol ban in Phuket this weekend for local election day
PHUKET: For the first time since May 2014, an alcohol ban will be in force in Phuket this weekend as required under laws governing elections as the residents of Moo 1 (“Village 1”) in Chalong vote for a new Phu Yai Baan (“Village headman”).
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Tuesday 20 March 2018, 02:46PM
- The ban on the sale of alcohol will apply to only Moo 1 in Chalong, Muang Phuket District Chief Administrative Officer (Palad) Wilairat Kwanchien confirmed to The Phuket News today (Mar 20).

Moo 1 Chalong includes includes Baan Na Yai on the island’s famed Muay Thai training camp street Soi Taiad, and Baan Khao Noi, located at the Chao Fa East Rd end of Soi Taiad.

“The ban will be force due to the election for the new village headman, but it will apply to Moo 1 only,” Ms Wilairat explained.
“The polls will be open from 8am to 3pm on Sunday,” she added.

Under election laws, shops and restaurants are banned from selling alcohol from 6pm Saturday (Mar 24) until midnight at the close of Sunday (Mar 25), Ms Wilairat confirmed.

Anyone caught in violation of the ban faces a fine of up to B10,000, up to six months imprisonment, or both.
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Tuesday 20 March 2018, 02:46PM
- The ban on the sale of alcohol will apply to only Moo 1 in Chalong,
NOT all of phuket and chalong is a very small area
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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